"You’ll linger over bowls of pillowy ricotta cavatelli folded with shredded lamb and bacon, or silky, squid-ink paccheri tossed with tender calamari rings and meaty chickpeas." FR
The burrata and rigatoni are both musts. Highly recommend the Barbera blend if you're looking for a good red!
Critic Tom Sietsema: Nothing predictable about wine selection. Get: 2011 chablis from Gilbert Picq ($50). For food, get the baby octopus or hand-made pastas. Share the fried artichokes or crostini. Read more.
Especially worthwhile are the refreshing aloo chaat salad—a toss of chickpeas, potatoes, onions, and fried pastry—and the vegetable-stuffed samosas.
Among the kitchen's lures are chickpeas brightened with lemon zest, onion rings as delicate as they come, and potatoes and green beans draped in onion gravy. Read more.
Rasika's sev batata puri is the real deal. The crispy little rounds of bread are topped with potato, sour raw mango and crunchy threads of fried chickpea batter. Read more.